Beauty retouching in Photoshop - crash course

From raw conversion to the final image look: Merle explains the most important and most popular techniques in beauty and portrait retouching in this training.

In this video, Merle will explain how you can optimally prepare your raw files for further editing in Photoshop. She goes into the various possibilities of the Camera Raw filter and explains her personal approach.

The skin tones in the raw file are often still very different and contain a lot of magenta. Watch this video to find out how to achieve a natural skin tone without a red cast using the raw converter.

In this video, Merle will explain how you can use light and shadow to direct the viewer's gaze. She will show you her personal workflow with the radial filter and explain how it works.

In this video, we explain the most popular basic retouching tools and tell you about their advantages and disadvantages. Merle also introduces you to her personal favorite techniques.

This technique allows you to quickly and easily remove unwanted spots and shiny areas from the skin. Merle will explain to you in individual steps how this retouching method works and how you can use it most effectively.

Frequency separation is one of the most popular techniques in beauty and portrait photography. In this video, Merle will explain how this technique works and how to use it.

In this video, Merle will show you a technique for quickly removing flying hair. This is a technique that works particularly well against backgrounds without a strong gradient.

This video builds on the previous video. Here, Merle explains how you can paint hair into the picture and soften edges after you have removed the flying hair.

Watch this video to find out how to make your hairline look fuller in just a few minutes.

In this video, Merle explains how you can make your eyebrows look thicker and give them a more beautiful shape.

Eyes are particularly important in beauty and portrait photography. In this video, you will therefore learn how to emphasize your eyes and also give them a light shade.

This technique is one of the most versatile in beauty retouching. In this video, Merle shows you the different options you have with Dodge & Burn.

In this video you will learn how to apply Dodge & Burn specifically to the hair.

Using this picture, you will learn how Merle emphasizes freckles in the picture and makes pictures look more interesting.

White teeth are a must, especially when it comes to beauty retouching. In this video, Merle will explain how you can remove color casts and whiten your teeth.

In this video, Merle will explain to you why she liquefies in which places and with which tools.

Here you will learn how facial liquefaction works and how Merle works with it.

You often want to make pictures look a little more symmetrical. In this video, Merle will explain how you can bring more symmetry to your pictures.

Merle would like to use this example to show you how you can transform bright colors into other bright colors.

In this example, Merle will explain how you can use adjustment layers and masks to create a color gradient in your images.

In this video you will learn how Merle creates a warm, desaturated color look using adjustment layers.

In this example, Merle will show you her personal favorite ways to convert a color image into a black and white image.

In this video, Merle will explain how you can increase the brightness and saturation of colored highlights without selecting each highlight individually.

Finally, Merle will show you how to properly resize and sharpen your images for the web after retouching.

A few final words about the course.